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UM Scholar Maria Rangwala presents her summer research during end-of-program celebration.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published in The Elm<\/a> <\/strong> | August 12, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ten UM Scholars, all students at the University of Maryland, College Park, spent nine weeks this summer immersed in intensive projects with faculty researchers at the School of Nursing.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris had already been in play for about a week when 10 young researchers took to a podium of their own, this one in an auditorium-style classroom at UMSON in Baltimore. These UM Scholars, all students at the University of Maryland, College Park<\/a> <\/strong>(UMCP<\/strong>), had spent the past nine weeks immersed in intensive projects with faculty researchers at the School of Nursing, exploring topics such as pain, cancer-related fatigue, and shared decision-making in childbirth. On Aug. 1, during an end-of-program celebration, they took to the podium to present their findings to their fellow scholars, their faculty mentors, and faculty and staff who had gathered to hear about the results.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pictured L to R: Kayla Morris, Lisa Djimou, Isabelle Watriss, Nicolette Friedrich, Khang Tran, Sylvia Joledo, Megha Chander, Vanessa Ho, Princess Atud, and Maria Rangwala.<\/sub>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The UM Scholars program<\/strong><\/a>, a competitive paid summer internship that connects students from UMCP with faculty throughout the University of Maryland, Baltimore<\/a><\/strong> to collaborate on research projects, is part of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (or MPower<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMSON began participating in the program in 2016, when two UM Scholars spent the summer with Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS<\/a><\/strong>, professor, director of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Center, and an inaugural MPower Professor; and Lily Fountain, PhD, BSN \u201991, RN, CNM, former assistant professor who has since retired. Both scholars entered UMSON as students that same fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, UMSON has accepted an increasing number of scholars. This summer\u2019s group of 10 is the largest since the program began, resulting in a total of 35 students completing the program, of whom 32 have enrolled at UMSON (or are expected to). Ten School of Nursing faculty members have been involved in mentoring the scholars over the years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has definitely been eye opening,\u201d said Maria Rangwala, one of this year\u2019s UM Scholars, following their presentations at the celebration; she is on track to matriculate to UMSON this fall. \u201cI want to be a nurse because I want to make a simple change in a person\u2019s day-to-day life. Through research, I can make a more long-term impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabelle Watriss returned for a second summer as a UM Scholar this year. \u201cI\u2019m really interested in pursuing research long term,\u201d she said. This year, she worked with Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD \u201918, MPH, RN, FAWHONN<\/a><\/strong>, assistant professor, on \u201cA Measure for Shared Decision-Making in Maternity Care Through Communicating CHOICEs: CHildbirth Options, Information, and Person-Centered Explanation,\u201d while last year, she worked with Ian Kleckner, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/strong>, associate professor and director of the SYNAPSE Center, on \u201cPredictors of Cancer-Related Fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10 UM Scholars this year presented the following posters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MENTOR: BREMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n